• THE TRAFFIC HANDLER’S “MANTRA”:
“No • Prepared • Ham • Should • Copy • Priority • Traffic •
Delayed”
“No • Prepared • Ham • Should • Copy • Priority • Traffic •
Delayed”
“No • Prepared • Ham • Should • Copy • Priority • Traffic •
Delayed”
(NUMBER-PRECEDENCE-HX-STATION OF ORIGIN-CHECK-PLACE OF ORIGIN-TIME-DATE)
A Weekly Bulletin for ARES and other EMCOMM Operators and Public Safety
Officials in “the west”...and beyond.
D. W. Thorne, K6SOJ- Chief Editor - k6soj@arrl.net
Bill Frazier, W7ARC - Associate Editor and Webmaster - w7arc@arrl.net
Ed Ewell, K7DXV - Associate Editor for Training/Technical - ewell2@cvc.net
Paul Cavnar, NN7B - Associate Editor, Nevada - nn7b@arrl.net
INTERNET: www.emcomm.org E-MAIL: k6soj@arrl.net
A.R.R.L. HQ: www.arrl.org/ (Check it daily!)
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• RADIO WATCH • MONITOR • CALLING • TRAFFIC • EMCOMM • GUARD •
• EMCOMMWEST: 7111 KHZ DAY / 3711 KHZ NIGHT / 146.52 MHZ 24/7
• ALASKA WATCH/TRAFFIC/CALLING: 3534 // 7042 // 14050 KHZ
• NEVADA ARES MONITOR/CALLING SSB: 3965 KHZ
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L = Current local time in the [PST winter / PDT summer] zone.
Z = Universal Zone Coordinated - UTC (same as ZULU and GMT).
HOMELAND SECURITY ALERT LEVEL: ELEVATED (Yellow)
IN THIS
EDITION ...
+ EMCOMMWEST 2003 RENO
+ WELCOME NEW SUBSCRIBERS
+ EC CORNER
+ NEW EL DORADO COUNTY EC
+ NEW CERTIFIED AEC
+ TO ALL SECTION LEADERS
+ SHORT CIRCUITS
+ ARRL OES NET A SUCCESS
+ FEEDBACK FROM ...
• Butte/Glenn County ARES
• Modoc County Emergency Services
• Portland Fire and Rescue
+ NET REMINDER
+ KNOW CODE NETS (KCN)
+ WEST COAST NET (WCN)
+ TAKE TRUMP’S TERRIFIC TRILOGY TRAFFIC TEST
+ TRAINING and CONTINUING EDUCATION
• ORIGINATING THIRD PARTY MESSAGES
+ MEDFORD NWS-SKYWARN SECTION
• SUMMER 2003 SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER CLASS SCHEDULE
• RENO NWS SECTION
+ RECENT CONTRIBUTORS
+++ UPDATE + UPDATE +++
+++
EMCOMMWEST 2003 +++
• Just 25 days until EMCOMMWEST 2003!
• ARRL PACIFIC DIVISION OPERATING SPECIALTY CONVENTION
• Reno, Nevada
• May 31, 2003
• South Reno Baptist Church
6780 So. McCarran Blvd.
Reno, Nevada.
+ HIGHLIGHTS:
• Presentation of Colors - Reno Squadron Nevada CAP Cadets
• Don Carlson, KQ6FM, Santa Clara Valley SEC, ASM, and professional
broadcaster including the Armed Forces Radio Network.
Don is the
Operations Manager and Program Director at KYA AM 1200.
• Dan Miller, K3UFG – ARRL HQ ARECC EmComm courses (4-hour seminar)
• Dick Flanagan – ARRL Nevada Section Manager on Served Agency
Relations
• Jim Utterback – American Red Cross
• Alex King – Salvation Army/SATERN
• Roger Lamoni – Reno National Weather Service - NWS SKYWARN Program
• Bart Lee, KV6LEE – World Trade Center...Experiences
• Tony Chedester – Army MARS and EMCOMM
• Door Prizes
AGENCY VENUES / DISPLAYS -
• American Red Cross
• Salvation Army
• Army/Navy-Marine Corps/Air Force MARS
• National and Nevada VOAD
CLASSES / SEMINARS -
• ARECC and ARRL VE Testing (all levels)
• EMCOMM mobile and portable field unit displays and competition.
• ARRL Radiogram and Traffic Handling
• NVIS and EMCOMM
• Ready Pack and Field Operating
• Personal Safety & Security
COMPETITION and DISPLAYS -
• EMCOMM Mobile units - Individual and Club/Agency
VENDORS -
• Books, etc.
• VHF and UHF Radio Analysis and Evaluation (FREE)
+ INFO SUMMARY:
• Registration is $10.00 advance or $15.00 at the door.
• Hosted by the ARRL Nevada Section and Northern Nevada
Amateur Radio Services (NNARS).
• Expanded hotel/motel information on the web page.
• If you who have not pre-registered, please do so on the web.
• We need to know how may people that are attending to arrange for
lunch ($5.00 donation) provided by Northern Nevada VOAD.
• After you pre-register, mail your registration check to:
NNARS
PO Box 50445
Sparks, NV. 89435-0445
• Write: "EMCOMMWEST" and your call sign in “MEMO” space
on your check.
• RENO is known as “the Biggest Little City in the World”.
• It is also “The Crossroads of the West”.
+ FULL DETAILS:
• Information and registration now at: www.cvrc.net/emcommwest/
• History of EMCOMM • The EVENT • www.emcomm.org/emcomm/
• May 2002 QST Magazine story • www.emcomm.org/emcomm_story.htm
+ “C U IN RENO!”
+ WELCOME
NEW SUBSCRIBERS -
• Larry Wynn, W6AXD, Minden, NV - Douglas County
• Ron Spears, W7IX, Klamath Falls, OR - Klamath County
• Merlin Willis, N6OFY, San Francisco, CA - DEC San Francisco ARES
+ EC CORNER -
“No job is complete until the paper work is done.”
• REMINDER TO ECs: Monthly EC reports (FSD-212) for April are due. SV
Section ARES leaders may submit reports online at: www.emcomm.org/svares/reports/main.htm
+ NEW EMERGENCY
COORDINATOR FOR EL DORADO COUNTY (SV SECTION) -
After many years as El Dorado County EC, George Lowry, KA5BTR has
“retired”. George indicates that he is willing to stay on the them as
a “grunt”! Thanks to George for “holding down the fort” until a
replacement could be found.
We are very proud to announce that effective 5 May 2003, FRANK SHARIT,
W6DHN, (Georgetown, CA) is the new El Dorado County ARES Emergency Coordinator.
It would take too much space to enumerate all of Frank’s
accomplishments and qualifications...but to name a few: First ham license
in 1946. Joined U. S. Navy in 1950, spent 30 years in Navy, retired 1980.
Current call W6DHN (extra) 4 years ago. Active in RACES (Castro Valley)
and Navy-Marine Corps MARS. NTS traffic handler and ARRL Official Relay
Station. Was
involved in amateur satellite work “until AO-13 crashed”.
Most recently Frank has served as an AEC and is active in local and
section ARES and NTS nets.
On behalf of the SV Section AND the entire ARRL...Welcome to the EMCOMM
team Frank!
(NOW...if we could just figure out how to run Frank through a copy
machine...)
+ AEC COMPLETES
EMERGENCY COORDINATOR CERTIFICATION COURSE -
• W. J. “Casey” McPartland, W7IB, AEC for Placer County (SV Section)
recently completed the ARRL Emergency Coordinator’s Training and Certification
Course and received a “Certified EC” endorsement decal.
Dave Thorne, K6SOJ, SV SEC, reports that this is the second AEC in the SV
Section to achieve certification. Thorne says: “AECs are welcome to take
this course since they may find themselves functioning as an EC at any time.”
The book for the course costs $5.00 from ARRL HQ, and the
“examination” is administered by the appropriate SEC.
+ TO ALL SECTION
LEADERS -
• If you have a new appointee in your section (or other ARES member that has
made a significant advance) that you would like to announce in the ECWB; send
along the pertinent details, along with a short “bio”.
+ SHORT CIRCUIT
-
• If you’re really brave...you may view “The Old Man II” at:
www.emcomm.org/sojourners/shacks.htm
... (and scroll down).
+ FIRST OFFICIAL
EMERGENCY STATION NET IS SUCCESSFUL -
At 1930PDT Net Control Station KB7DFL (Lacey, WA) called the first ever
(at least as far as we know) net especially for ARRL Official Emergency Stations
on 3987± kHz LSB
Band conditions were (at best) fair due to recent solar and thunder storm
activity.
The following ARRL OES checked in:
• WB6AGR - Roseville, CA Placer County
Joe
• W7ARC - Silverdale, WA Kitsap County
Bill
• W7IB - Loomis, CA
Placer County Casey
• K6SOJ - Macdoel, CA Siskiyou
County Dave
• NU6T - Fair Oaks, CA Sacramento
County Richard
Excused:
• K7DXV - Klamath Falls, OR Klamath County
Ed
• KW7J - Baker City, OR Baker County
Jerry
Other active EMCOMM stations in the 30 April net log are:
• WD6BXN - Burney, CA
• W6DHN - Georgetown, CA
• KD7MXR - Minden, NV
• KE6MZT - Macdoel, CA
• WO6P - Shingletown, CA
• KA7RAM - Klamath Falls, OR
• WA6RWS - Applegate, CA
• N7TAG - Tumwater, WA
• N7TK - Folsum, CA
• W7TOC - Carson City, NV
• WA6ULL - Folsum, CA
• WK7Z - Medford, OR
The next regularly scheduled ARRL OFFICIAL EMERGENCY STATION net will be on 30
July 2003 @ 1930PDT (0230Z) on 3987± kHz SSB.
For more information on becoming an ARRL OFFICIAL EMERGENCY STATION, contact
your SEC or Section Manager, or go to: www.arrl.org/FandES/field/org/oes.html
+ FEEDBACK
-
>From Ray Watkins, KO6TW, Butte/Glenn Counties AEC
(SV Section):
“Butte/Glenn ARES has started a "Traffic Handling" training session.
We meet a half hour before the regular Monday evening ARES net. We have weekly
assignments to format, pass, relay, and deliver messages. Our first net was last
night and all went well, and I think the Q&A session
was helpful to folks.”
COMMENT: Thanks Ray for the great news. Please keep us updated
on your progress; and if you have any questions please feel free to contact our
EMCOMMWEST Training Coordinator, Ed Ewell, K7DXV, at: ewell2@cvc.net
or myself. After a few weeks, I suggest that you have your participants “Take
The Traffic Handler Challenge”, now online at: www.emcomm.org/
>From Nancy Ballard, Emergency Manager, Modoc
County (CA) Sheriff:
“Please pass along my thanks to those who took the time to dig into the
satellite 9-1-1 question. I am glad to know that Global Star, at least, has made
some provision. I have to agree with Ed Ryan in Arizona, that if you can't
effectively use 9-1-1 from a satellite phone, you should get a message telling
you that your call cannot be placed. Now I know, that, if I have a
communications related question, the EMCOMMWEST Bulletin is the place to go.
Someone will find the answer!! Good work!!”
COMMENT: You’re very welcome Nancy. I am very proud of our great
group of readers and contributors. - Editor
>From Kent Powloski, N7KPN, Portland (OR) Fire and
Rescue:
“We are exploring development of a backup HF digital network for
communications between our Emergency Operation Center and other regional EOCs.
This system may include the use of Near Vertical Incident Skywave (NVIS)
techniques to provide direct "valley-to-valley" over-the-horizon links
between EOCs. The system would be a “backup” digital messaging path that
does not rely on repeaters, telephones, satellites, or Internet connections.
Further development may include linking it to our EOC's
internal email system so working EOC staff can send/receive messages from their
computer desktops. It may also provide a backup gateway to Internet email should
regional Internet service be disrupted. Best of all, participating EOCs may find
the installation of an HF digital NVIS station to be quite affordable.
My Question: Have any city, state or county EOCs developed such a system?
Has FEMA or any other national body suggested a standard digital mode for such a
backup system? Feel free to contact me directly at: (503)823-3911 email: kpowloski@fire.ci.portland.or.us
+ NET REMINDER
- TOMORROW (1st Wednesday of the month)
• WINCO ARES NET - Washington, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Oregon.
(Also Idaho, Montana, and elsewhere...including “ships at sea”.)
• All ARRL, ARES (and other EMCOMM) stations welcome.
• VHF/UHF stations are encouraged to listen on HF and check in by relay.
• 1930 PST on 3987 LSB (1982 LSB alternate)
• WINCO NCS May 7: KB7DFL - Dan Crane, Lacey, WA (Thurston County EC)
+ DAILY “KNOW
CODE NETS” [KCN)
1300 PST 7111 kHz “up”.
2000 PST 3711 kHz “up”.
These are 1 kHz above QRP CW calling frequencies. (EMCOMM operators
are encouraged to operate QRP.) The KCN nets are for those who want to
improve their Morse skills and make contact with other EMCOMM oriented operators
in a somewhat informal setting. If you do not hear anyone...try calling CQ.
Since many CW operators are reluctant to “break in” to an existing
QSO, or are not yet ready for a “round table” type format; it has been
suggested that the listed frequencies be used for calling, and consider moving
long QSOs or roundtables up a few kHz. Learn to tune around...and listen
to
what’s going on. Remember...stations using crystal controlled
transmitters may be operating “split”.
+ WEST COAST
NET (WCN)
• The West Coast Slow Speed Traffic Net was founded in 1958 as the NSN
Northwest Slow Speed Net). It, “...was started with one purpose in mind.
To train amateur radio operators in the correct procedure of making up and
handling of amateur radio messages. Thus trained, they should become proficient
in handling traffic on CW. With this training, it would also make it easier to
check into the higher speed nets.” Today the ECN still “...exists
primarily to train CW traffic operators in net procedure and message
handling.”
The WCN meets daily at 1900L on 3902 kHz. Listen and/or check in
when visitors are called. For more information go to: http://home.attbi.com/~west-coast-net/pages/contents.html
+ TAKE
TRUMP’S TERRIFIC TRILOGY TRAFFIC TEST -
• Ed Trump, AL7N, Fairbanks, author of THE TRAFFIC TRILOGY:
1 - Originating Traffic - (Coming soon in ECWB)
2 - Relaying Traffic - (Coming later in ECWB)
3 - Delivering Traffic - “The Last Mile” (Appeared in ECWB # 152
• Has created a TERRIFIC TRAFFIC TEST (c) 2003 Lake Trump; and it is now
available online at: www.emcomm.org (click
bar on main page) ECW Bulletin readers are invited to “Take The Test” now;
AND take it again...after parts I and II of “The Trilogy” appear (Part I -
follows next...)
+++ TRAINING and CONTINUING EDUCATION SECTION +++
Ed Ewell, K7DXV Associate
Editor for Training - ewell2@cvc.net
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NOTE: BEFORE accepting any INTERNATIONAL THIRD PARTY TRAFFIC...be sure it is
legal. A current list of countries with which the United States has
agreements with can be found at:
www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/io/3rdparty.html.
During an emergency, the US State Department will often work out a special
temporary agreement with the country involved. But in normal times, never
handle traffic without first making sure it is legally permitted.
LIKE the STAR WARS series, we presented Part III of “Trump’s Traffic
Trilogy” (THE LAST MILE) in EMCOMMWEST Bulletin #152. In this issue we
proudly present:
+ ORIGINATING THIRD PARTY MESSAGES -
(Part I of Trump’s Traffic Trilogy)
Or, “Getting down to the ‘nitty-gritty’ of actually doing it.”
by Lake “Ed” Trump, AL7N Fairbanks, Alaska
Special care is required when preparing written third party message
traffic for transmission over National Traffic System (NTS) traffic networks.
What is third party traffic? The generally accepted
definition is: "short, written, noncommercial messages between people who
are not amateur radio operators".
The objective of the ARRL NTS is to cause these written messages to
transit the NTS system, word for word, character for character, and be relayed
without alteration via any of the common modes of transmission currently in use
such as CW, SSB, VHF-FM or PACTOR. It is desired to
reproduce the message at the far end of the system exactly as it was initially
sent.
The main source for any volume of such traffic is usually either of two
occurrences. An unplanned event, which forces people to use the Amateur NTS
traffic networks due to failure or overload of normal regular commercial
facilities; or, a planned event, such as a convention, fair or other public
gathering which encourages use of the amateur traffic networks more or less as a
novelty. In either case, the average person will need help in composing their
messages so they can be properly and expeditiously handled by the NTS operators.
This is especially important with Health and Welfare
traffic during times of emergency and other a disaster operations.
If a large volume of third party traffic is expected, the on duty radio
operator must be assisted by another person or persons ("public
counter" assistants) who can take care of preparing the messages for
transmission. The operator will have his or her hands full just operating the
radio. The people detailed as counter assistants must be trained and familiar
with this kind of message work, but they need not be licensed radio operators.
There are several things that must be considered when taking in message
traffic from the general public:
1. The average sender has no idea about putting his message into the standard
format which we require to be used, in order for the generated traffic to be
capable of being properly relayed through the system. They will need assistance.
2. The word count of the message text must be kept under control to avoid
network overloading. Improper or illegal content or symbols that cannot be
transmitted must be kept out of the text. The message must be composed so as to
convey the desired meaning without unnecessary words, and to minimize the
possibility of being misunderstood by the recipient.
3. Addressing must be properly done in order to ensure that the message be
delivered if at all possible, to its ultimate destination.
a) All messages must be sent to a person or organization by name.
b) The address must also contain a physical location where the addressee can be
found, or was last known, in order to deliver the message. Street number and
name, Rural delivery route, post office box, hotel/motel name and room (if
known) are common ways of providing this information.
c) The address must also contain the destination city, state or province,
Country if not in USA or Canada, and postal code, if known.
d) If at all possible, the address should include a full ten digit telephone
number NPA-NXX-NNNN, which will greatly aid expeditious message delivery.
4. The sender only needs to furnish the address, text and signature of the
message. Normally, messages should be written either by the sender him/herself
or the operator's "public counter" assistant on behalf of the sender.
You can use plain half sheets of paper 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches in
size. This is plenty large for the average message, and will help discourage
excessive wordiness in message texts. Pre-printed blanks are not necessary for
messages being sent and represent an unnecessary expense and logistic problem.
5. Messages must be signed properly with a name so the recipient will know who
sent it. The sender should also furnish local contact information so they can be
reached if there is an answer to their message or if some problem occurs with
delivering it. This information should be written on
the back of the message blank for future reference if needed.
6. Appropriate message numbering, precedence, handling codes, "Station of
Origin", check, "Place of Origin", filing time (if used) and date
must then be properly appended as a preamble in order to route the message
correctly through the NTS system. The entire message should then be
carefully checked over in regard to legibility and completeness at this time.
These tasks may be left to the counter assistant as long as they are properly
trained.
7. At this point the message is ready to be handed to the radio operator for
transmission. The written message copy is now the "document of record"
for the message, and after the radio operator notes on it the time sent,
frequency, and the call sign of the station it was sent to, it should be filed
in the Originating Station's "Sent" file. The FCC no longer requires
copies of amateur messages to be retained, but it is a good idea to keep them on
file for at least a year anyway, "just in case".
Messages that are properly formatted have a much better chance of
successfully being delivered via the NTS than those which are not. Only by
careful attention to all these details will good “service to the public” be
provided.
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• Previous training bulletins are archived at:
www.emcomm.org/svares/training/
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• THE TRAFFIC HANDLER’S “MANTRA”:
“No • Prepared • Ham • Should • Copy • Priority • Traffic •
Delayed”
(NUMBER-PRECEDENCE-HX-STATION OF ORIGIN-CHECK-PLACE OF ORIGIN-TIME-DATE)
+++++ REFERENCE/RESOURCE SECTION +++++
• ARRL FSD-218. The famous “pink card” that contains
(almost) “everything
you ever needed to know about RADIOGRAMS”. An electronic version of the
FSD-218 is available at: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/#fsd-218
• National Traffic System (NTS) Methods and Practices Guidelines
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/nts-mpg/
• DIGITAL EMCOMM YAHOO GROUP (packet, SSTV, APRS, etc.):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cadigitalemcomm/
• BEEN AWHILE SINCE YOU OPERATED CW? NEVER HAD THE ENJOYMENT OF MORSE
OPERATING? Then, take a look at: “A Beginner’s Guide to Making CW
Contacts” by Jack Wagoner, WB8FSV at: www.netwalk.com/~fsv/CWguide.htm
• AN EXCELLENT NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM (NTS) TRAINING WEBSITE IS AT:
http://www.qsl.net/aresco/nts-top.htm
• ADDITIONAL (VERY) USEFUL information is available at:
http://www.remote.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/sec2-ch11.html
http://www.area-ham.org/tngdocs/ntsdocs/ntsman.htm
• CW “NETIQUETTE” (An excellent guide for the advanced operator):
http://www.qsl.net/n5lf/cw-nts.html
• FOR AN INTERESTING HISTORIC LOOK AT... “THE ART OF COMPOSING TELEGRAMS”:
www.metronet.com/~nmcewen/telegram.html
(Some of the information at the above URL may NOT apply to ARRL RADIOGRAMS)
=== NWS-SKYWARN SECTION ===
+ MEDFORD NWS (WX7MFR) SKYWARN NEWS AND INFORMATION -
Jim Reynolds, KD7MLO, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Medford NWS
Gary Peterson, N7GK, Acting Medford SKYWARN Coordinator
D. W. Thorne, K6SOJ, Asst. Medford SKYWARN Coordinator
SKYWARN is the National Weather Service program of trained
volunteer spotters reporting severe weather. The ARRL/ARES has a national
“memorandum of understanding” (MOU) with the NOAA/NWS.
MEDFORD NWS SKYWARN WEBSITE: www.emcomm.org/skywarn
+ MEDFORD NWS / SUMMER 2003 (Remaining) WEATHER
SPOTTER CLASS SCHEDULE
+++ UPDATED +++
Tuesday, May 6 - Josephine County
7-9 p.m. at the Josephine County Sheriff's Office
Thursday, May 8 - Jackson County
7-9 p.m. at North Mountain Park in Ashland
Tuesday, May 13 - Jackson County
7-9 p.m. at the National Weather Service office in Medford
Wednesday, May 14 - Douglas County
6-8 p.m. in the Douglas County Court House in Roseburg.
Tuesday, May 20 - Modoc County
7-9 p.m. at the USFS Conference Room, 800 W. 12th St., Alturas.
Thursday, May 29 - Klamath County
Class from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Banquet Room of the Klamath Falls Sizzler
Optional dinner at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 4 - Curry County
7-9 p.m. in Brookings - Venue to be determined
Thursday, June 5 - Coos County
6-8 p.m. - Coos Bay Library, 525 Anderson St., Coos Bay
Siskiyou County
Wednesday, May 21 - Siskiyou County
6-8 p.m. CDF complex in Yreka
--------------------------------------------
MEDFORD NWS WX SPOTTER / SKYWARN NETS:
MEDFORD NWS WX SPOTTER NET: Wednesdays at 1915L on:
147.26+ / CTCSS: 123.0, (Mt. Ashland - Jackson County and more)
146.55 SIMPLEX (eastern Siskiyou and Klamath Counties)
146.97- (Likely/Modoc County Relay)
7232 LSB (up) DAYTIME
3987 LSB (down) NIGHTTIME
1982 LSB (alternate).
SKYWARN nets will be activated on these frequencies during severe
weather events.
NWS SKYWARN NET CONTROL STATIONS -
DATE 147.26+
3987 LSB
APR 30 TBA
K6SOJ
MAY 7 N7GK
N7TOD
MAY 14 N2RSN/N2RSI K6SOJ
MAY 21 N7IXS
N2RSN/N2RSI
MAY 28 N7GK
KB7EKF
ADDITIONAL NWS NET CONTROL OPERATORS SOUGHT -
For more information contact:
Gary, N7GK, gpederso@OregonVOS.net;
or,
Dave, K6SOJ, k6soj@arrl.net
Matt, N7TOD, n7tod@arrl.net (Reno)
NWS PACKET NODE ON MT. ASHLAND is on 145.030 MHz, ID is: skywrn.
NWS is asking for SKYWARN and ARES packet stations
to connect and let them know your location, the type of antenna and power you
use to access the Mt. Ashland node. The “connect” to NWS packet bbs (direct)
is on 145.090 MHz and the ID is NWSMFR. Then connect to NWSBBS, e.g., c nwsmfr.
Then, c nwsbbs. The NWSMFR at nws mfr is a node.
Questions? Contact Gary, N7GK e-mail: gpederso@OregonVOS.net
Check in to the JEFFERSON NOON NET daily at 1200L on 7232 LSB
(alt. 3987) for announcements regarding anticipated or actual severe WX.
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+ RENO NWS (WX7RNO) SKYWARN NEWS AND INFORMATION -
• Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM): Roger Lamoni
• SKYWARN/Amateur Radio Liaison: Matt Parker, N7TOD, Washoe County (NV)
EC
SKYWARN NETS:
WEDNESDAYS 1905L 147.12+ (123.0) and 1915L on 3987 // Medford (OR) NWS PACKET
Information: Frequency 145.050 Keyboard : WX7RNO (automatically forwards to MBX
when station is unmanned) MBX: WX7RNO-1 (NWS/SKYWARN related traffic only
please, due to limited capacity of 10K, most of which is occupied by daily
forecast bulletins) KaNode: WX7RNO-7
EDITOR’S NOTE: If you have a “first person” amateur radio related “adventure”, or other story of interest, please feel free to submit it for publication in the EMCOMMWEST BULLETIN. We can’t pay you for it, but if you want to share it with others...send it along. It probably will get (slightly) edited. NOTE: Before submitting long texts, please contact the editor for a FORMATTING GUIDE.
+ BACK ISSUES OF THE EMCOMMWEST BULLETIN and (the former
5-1-2+ BULLETIN) ARE ARCHIVED AT: www.emcomm.org/svares/archives/
+ SEARCH FEATURE AT EMCOMM.ORG
Ever try to locate an article in a past issue of the bulletin? Or, maybe
you’re a new subscriber, and you are interested in knowing if a particular
subject has ever been addressed in a former bulletin. Or...maybe you are just
doing some research.
The “site search” feature at www.emcomm.org
may be just what you need!
+ HOW IS EMCOMMWEST AND EMCOMM.ORG FUNDED?
There are no charges, dues, or membership fees for the EMCOMMWEST Bulletin or
EMCOMM.ORG. The domain name, server, and other costs for EMCOMM.ORG are
funded solely by dedicated EMCOMM operators. If you have benefited from
our efforts, and would like to say thanks by supporting this work in a tangible
way; you may do so by sending a few green stamps, or a check made payable to:
EMCOMM. Mail it to: EMCOMM, P.O. Box 99, Macdoel, CA 96058.
A receipt will be issued upon request. (A SASE would be appreciated). Your
donation is an outright gift and is NOT tax-deductible. A five dollar annual
donation works out to less than 10¢ an issue. “Brother...can you spare a
dime?”
+ THANKS TO
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